America’s patient population is undergoing a vast shift. People are living longer, with more chronic conditions than times past. The homes of patients are becoming a more significant part of the care ecosystem, where patients (and caregivers) must manage, monitor and respond to changes in their health. The survey results listed below point to the … Continue reading 20 Stats On mHealth, Patient Engagement & The Chronic Disease Crisis

HIMSS Media’s Executive Editor Tom Sullivan published an article describing the future of interoperability (link below). The article appeared in yesterday’s Healthcare IT News. It describes how healthcare organizations can use applications like Practice Unite to further interoperability and communications among providers and patients. Read full article here. The author writes, “I’m going to group … Continue reading mHeath Innovation: The Answer To Healthcare’s Interoperability Woes?

Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is blazing a path to interoperability. In our opinion, RESTful interfaces based on FHIR will be an mHealth game-changer by commoditizing EHR data and reducing the cost of customized apps that providers have needed, wanted and haven’t yet imagined. FHIR (pronounced “fire”) is new generation standard developed by Health Level … Continue reading FHIR: The Answer To Providers’ Need For Custom, EMR Connected mHealth Apps

Deloitte recently surveyed primary care and specialist physicians across the US about mHealth technologies and EHRs. The results were insightful. A few key highlights: 50% of physicians use their mHealth technology everyday 1 out of 4 physicians with access to mHealth apps don’t use mHealth apps their health systems provide 3X more physicians are interested … Continue reading Physician Survey On mHealth, EMRs & Meaningful Use

The recent leak of Jennifer Lawrence’s privately shared nude photos have many wondering how secure is Apple’s iCloud? The leak also has many questioning how safe sensitive patient health information will be on Apple’s soon to be released Health Kit Platform. The private photos of Jennifer Lawrence and dozens of celebrities were leaked by cyberhackers … Continue reading Camera Security: An Oft Overlooked Threat To HIPAA Secure Messaging

There has been a lot of discussion in healthcare recently on how to best inform and engage patients of the Millennial generation. Rather than speak for young Millennials our CMO, Dr. Stuart Hochron, thought it would be good to sit down with a Millennial, Nadia James, and address her biggest healthcare concerns: As an entry level worker I have … Continue reading Engaging Millennials: The Shifting Doctor Patient Relationship